Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57905
Category:	Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:	Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200610-07 (python)
Summary:	Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200610-07 (python)
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200610-07. A buffer overflow in Python's 'repr()' function can be exploited to cause a Denial of Service and potentially allows the execution of arbitrary code. Solution: All Python users should update to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/python-2.4.3-r4' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200610-07 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149065
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4980 Bugtraq: 20061011 rPSA-2006-0187-1 idle python (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/448244/100/100/threaded Bugtraq: 20070110 VMware ESX server security updates (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1197 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1197 Debian Security Information: DSA-1198 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1198 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-07.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:181 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0713.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html SGI Security Advisory: 20061001-01-P ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:025 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-359-1 BugTraq ID: 20376 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20376 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10789 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3940 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5131 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017019 http://secunia.com/advisories/22276 http://secunia.com/advisories/22303 http://secunia.com/advisories/22357 http://secunia.com/advisories/22297 http://secunia.com/advisories/22358 http://secunia.com/advisories/22379 http://secunia.com/advisories/22448 http://secunia.com/advisories/22512 http://secunia.com/advisories/22531 http://secunia.com/advisories/22639 http://secunia.com/advisories/22487 http://secunia.com/advisories/23680 http://secunia.com/advisories/31492 XForce ISS Database: python-repr-bo(29408) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29408
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